Easy Motion Tourist
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In the murk of a hot, groaning and bloody police station cell, Collins fears the worst. But then Amaka, a sassy guardian angel of Lagos working girls, talks the police station chief around. She assumes Collins is a BBC journo who can broadcast details of the city's witchcraft and body parts trade that she is on a one woman mission to stop.
With Easy Motion Tourist's astonishing cast, Tarantino has landed in Lagos. This page turning debut crime novel pulses with the rhythm of Nigeria's mega-city, reeks of its open drains and sparkles like the champagne quaffed in its upmarket districts.
In the Niger Delta creeks of Southern Nigeria, nine expatriates are being held hostage by militants fighting for control over the resources for their land. At the same time, a series of seemingly unconnected events rock the country. Alex Randa, a celebrated agent of the Department of State Services, with a compelling record of successes is tasked by the president to secure the release of the hosta..
John Braimoh, an assistant superintendent of the Nigerian police, becomes involved in a seemingly noble cause corruption case - the killing of five apparently deviant youths in Abuja, a situation in which his closest friend and colleague, and four others are deeply embroiled. The killings attract the attention of Nigeria's human rights and civil society organisations. John is summoned to testify b..
Ebinimi, star mechanic of Kalakala Street, is a man with hapless knack for getting in and out of trouble. Some of his troubles are self-inflicted : like his recurring entanglements in love triangles, and his unauthorized joyriding of a customer's car which sets off a chain of dire events involved drugs, crooked politicians and assassins. Other troubles are caused by the panorama of characters in h..
Rabato Sabato - aka Soni Dike - is a criminal turned grandee, with a beautiful wife, an exclusive mansion on Victoria Island and a questionable fortune. Then one day he disappears. His Jag is found in a ditch, music blaring from the speakers. Simi's older brother, Abel Dike, a small-town teacher, arrives to join the search for his sibling. Abel is rapidly sucked into the maelstrom of Lagos: he has..
Amaka returns in this gripping sequel to the award wining Easy Motion Tourist, and trouble is not far behind her.The self-appointed Saviour of Lagos's sex workers, Amaka may have bitten off more than she can chew this time as she finds herself embroilded in a political scandal. When a plane crash kills the state gubernatorial candidate, the party picks a replacement who is assured of winning the e..
This twisty and electrifying debut novel about a young woman who goes missing in Lagos, Nigeria, and her estranged auntie who will stop at nothing to find the truth is perfect for fans of My Sister, the Serial Killer and The Last Thing He Told Me.Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband, a palatial house in the heart of glittering Lagos, Nigeria, and a glamorous group of friends. Sh..
Dantala lives in Bayan Layi, Nigeria and studies in a Sufi Quranic school. By chance he meets gang leader Banda, a nominal Muslim. Dantala is thrust into a world with fluid rules and casual violence. In the aftermath of presidential elections he runs away and ends up living in a Salafi mosque. Slowly and through the hurdles of adolescence, he embraces Salafism as preached by his new benefactor, Sh..
